Tornado Warning includes Indianapolis 500 Stadium!

#1 Postby **Stephanie** » Sun May 30, 2004 6:38 pm

Dr. Greg Forbes just said "it's a meteorologist's worst nightmare to have a tornado hit a stadium". There's a tornado warning right now that currently includes the Indianapolis Stadium area! :eek:

#2 Postby **wx247** » Sun May 30, 2004 6:38 pm

#3 Postby **Pebbles** » Sun May 30, 2004 6:39 pm

I hope everyone is outta there

Skywatch_NC · #4 Postby **Skywatch_NC** » Sun May 30, 2004 6:42 pm

They were having a Victory Lane ceremony for driver Buddy Rice...car owners Bobby Rahal and David Letterman, etc, there...so hopefully they and others ALL got WORD!! :eek:

Eric

chadtm80 · #5 Postby **chadtm80** » Sun May 30, 2004 6:43 pm

Its all the fans that are heading out of there we need to worry about.. Most of them prob dont have a clue :-(

Skywatch_NC · #6 Postby **Skywatch_NC** » Sun May 30, 2004 6:47 pm

chadtm80 wrote:Its all the fans that are heading out of there we need to worry about.. Most of them prob dont have a clue

Unless the tornado sirens are going and then you have chaos...

mountain gal · #7 Postby **mountain gal** » Sun May 30, 2004 6:49 pm

was suprised they decided to continue the race considering the risks to everyone involved. Eric, yep i can only imagine chaos if the sirens went off.

Derecho · #8 Postby **Derecho** » Sun May 30, 2004 6:51 pm

Is a tornado on the ground but it's going to miss Speedway by a fairly good distance to the South based on drawing a line between the reports.

Won't miss Indianapolis though.

#9 Postby **USAwx1** » Sun May 30, 2004 6:52 pm

Stephanie wrote:Dr. Greg Forbes just said "it's a meteorologist's worst nightmare to have a tornado hit a stadium". There's a tornado warning right now that currently includes the Indianapolis Stadium area!

Its a meteorologist's worst nightmare to have a tornado affect ANY area w/ a population density like that.

Rainband · #10 Postby **Rainband** » Sun May 30, 2004 6:55 pm

#11 Postby **USAwx1** » Sun May 30, 2004 6:56 pm

you know, we all LOVE to see this type of tornado outbreak b/c it excites us, but when the lives of many are at stake, its no longer considered "fun" or "exciting", its then that we must understand that this is the true power of nature, and that it can do whatever it wants to whatever, whenever.

Guest · #12 Postby **Guest** » Sun May 30, 2004 6:59 pm

USAwx1 wrote:
Stephanie wrote:Dr. Greg Forbes just said "it's a meteorologist's worst nightmare to have a tornado hit a stadium". There's a tornado warning right now that currently includes the Indianapolis Stadium area!

Its a meteorologist's worst nightmare to have a tornado affect ANY area w/ a population density like that.

Agreed. And for dam good reason. Unlike a hurricane with this there just is not enough time to get everyone out of harms way with so many people there and the very unpredictable nature of tornadoes makes it all the worse.

Rainband · #13 Postby **Rainband** » Sun May 30, 2004 6:59 pm

USAwx1 wrote:you know, we all LOVE to see this type of tornado outbreak b/c it excites us, but when the lives of many are at stake, its no longer considered "fun" or "exciting", its then that we must understand that this is the true power of nature, and that it can do whatever it wants to whatever, whenever.

I agree it's a double edged sword. We weather enthusiasts want action but no death or damage. We can't control when severe weather happens but when it does we will watch it and learn from it. Thats what we do :wink:

nystate · #14 Postby **nystate** » Sun May 30, 2004 7:03 pm

Wow...

Does anyone have any more info? Is/was there a tornado on the ground? Did it hit the Metro Area? I'm afraid to find out...

Lets hope they are all OK.

#15 Postby **Stephanie** » Sun May 30, 2004 7:07 pm

Derecho wrote:Is a tornado on the ground but it's going to miss Speedway by a fairly good distance to the South based on drawing a line between the reports.

Won't miss Indianapolis though.

I hope that it will miss the stadium, but there are SO MANY OTHER supercells to the NW and SW of the city.

They did say that there was a funnel on the ground with this cell that's headed towards Indianapolis. I'm not familiar with where the stadium is located in relation to the city itself.

Valkhorn · #16 Postby **Valkhorn** » Sun May 30, 2004 7:10 pm

I think the Stadium is on the NW side of town.

#17 Postby **USAwx1** » Sun May 30, 2004 7:12 pm

Rainband wrote:
USAwx1 wrote:you know, we all LOVE to see this type of tornado outbreak b/c it excites us, but when the lives of many are at stake, its no longer considered "fun" or "exciting", its then that we must understand that this is the true power of nature, and that it can do whatever it wants to whatever, whenever.
I agree it's a double edged sword. We weather enthusiasts want action but no death or damage. We can't control when severe weather happens but when it does we will watch it and learn from it. Thats what we do

and learn from it we have done....consider how far we have come since the first tornado warning was issued on MAR 20, 1948 from Tinker AFB.

We now have software such as GEMPAK/AWIPS which allows us to visualize information given to us by NWP guidance, in order to determine when/where an outbreak is going to occur and how severe it might be based on various different synoptic scale patterns and environemental paramaters.

Skywatch_NC · #18 Postby **Skywatch_NC** » Sun May 30, 2004 7:13 pm

They were having a Pacers vs. Pistons game tonight, too, there in Indy! :eek:

Eric

Rainband · #19 Postby **Rainband** » Sun May 30, 2004 7:13 pm

Exactly!!

Josephine96 · #20 Postby **Josephine96** » Sun May 30, 2004 7:18 pm

Hope everyone whether at the stadium, or at Conseco FieldHouse is OK...

Sounds like it's getting pretty nasty

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